A COLD MORNING BUT SUNSHINE MADE IT DOABLE

A beautiful orange sunrise slowly made it's way through our tall pine trees early this morning starting my day off on the right foot.  That is always a big plus for me.

PHEEBS AND I HEADED OURSELVES EAST INTO THE MORNING SUNRISE

COUNTRY ROADS WERE ICY IN SPOTS

With a brisk southeasterly wind blowing 23F temperatures around we didn't spend much time outside of the toasty warm Jeep.  A quick stop at Bannockburn's Conservation Area parking lot and that was about it.  I noticed within minutes Pheebs holding one of her snowy paws up so it was quickly back into the Jeep and off we went.

SOME ROADS AREN'T PLOWED IN THE WINTER BUT LOCAL FARM FOLKS USE THEM ANYWAY

ROADSIDE SNOWDRIFTS

TRIED TO CATCH A PHOTO OF A DEER RUNNING ACROSS THE ROAD BUT I MISSED HIM

Heading home I stopped at Bayfield's car wash and hosed off a big mess of dirt and road salt.  So nice to see a clean vehicle again even if it is only a temporary reprieve from winter's messiness.

So nice in the sunroom this afternoon seeing sunshine casting shadows across our front yard.  Looking at our upcoming weather forecast it seems we could be in for a big week-end storm.  With Friday's temps predicted to be well over 40F a lot of rain is predicted and that may very well mean the disappearance of our snow cover again.  That would be good and it looks like mid to upper 30's for about four days next week as well:))

::An Archive Memory::  Reading Doug Lanning's blog titled Stuck In The Sand I was reminded of a similar situation back on December 24th 2007 while boondocked at the Clark Dry Lake Bed near Borrego Springs California.  My post for that day is here..... Helping Out Some Fellow Canadians.

::Al's Musical Favs::  The Homecoming by Haygood Hardy (yes that is his actual Canadian name)  Many may remember this tune from years ago as the Salada Tea commercial.  Has always been a favorite of mine and I am sure many others too.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( He then said, "Now, I have to leave for a little while. I expect you guys to make a dent in that there pile."The foreman went away for a of couple hours, and, when he returned, the pile of sand was untouched. He asked the Italian, "Why didn't you sweep any of it?" The Italian replied, "I no hava no broom. You said to the Chinese fella that he a wasa in a charge of supplies, but he hasa disappeared and I no coulda finda him nowhere." Then the foreman turned to the Scotsman and said, "And you, I thought I told you to shovel this pile."The Scotsman replied, "Aye, ye did lad, boot ah couldnay get meself a shoovel! Ye left th' Chinese gadgie in chairge of supplies, boot ah couldnay fin' him either." The foreman was really angry by now and stormed off toward the pile of sand to look for the Chinese guy. Just then, the Chinese guy jumped out from behind the pile of sand and yelled... "SUPPLIES!!"
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What do cannibals make out of politicians? 
Baloney sandwiches!!
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A cowboy was leading a flock of sheep down Main Street when he was ordered to stop by the town policeman. “What’s wrong?” the cowboy asked. “I was just heading my ewes into a side street.”  “That’s the trouble,” the policeman replied. “No ewe turns permitted on Main Street!”
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